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PORTENTS AND FEATURES OF THE MAHDI'S COMING
THE MAHDI'S SPLENDOR

Hussain (ra) was asked: "By what signs will the Mahdi
be known?" He replied: "By his ease of heart and dig -
ni ty, by his know ing what is law ful and what is unlaw ful."
(Fera Idu Fevaidi'l Fiqr)

THE MAHDI WILL UPHOLD THE TRUTH AGAINST
CRUELTY
The Mahdi will defend the truth against the oppress ors.
Indeed, he will extract the molar tooth (any thing unjust -
ly held) of a (cruel) per son and restore it to its right ful
owner.
(Al-Uqayli, Al-Najmu al-Saqib)

THE MAHDI'S PURITY
At a time of (sys tems) change, a man known as the
Mahdi will come. He will be pure and beau ti ful.
(Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi, p.
14)
He will appear at a time of strife, and his puri ty will be
unmatched.
(Al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar, p. 24)

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